Anouk Griffioen. For as long as it lasts
14 March 2026 - 19 September 2026
This is the first solo museum exhibition of Rotterdam artist Anouk Griffioen (1979). She has a deep fascination with nature, memory and transience and creates large, often wall-filling drawings in charcoal. As an observer, you sometimes literally step into her world.
Birthday photograph
The starting point of the exhibition is a photograph taken by Griffioen's father in Enschede on the day she was born. Based on the thousands of photos her father has taken, she revisits and photographs all the places where her family once lived.
‘The exhibition tells a story about survival and memory. I secretly hid him [my father] in one of the drawings. The search also took me to the Veluwe, where I'm creating a large work that functions as a window to the outside world.’
Gallery viewer, Het atelier van... Anouk Griffioen, 14 November 2025
Beau du Chatenier, 2016
Exhibition view Anouk Griffioen. For as Long as it Lasts
Transience
Griffioen places her photographs alongside the old photos and processes the changes in monumental charcoal drawings. The drawings are so large that you seem to be standing inside them. Sometimes Griffioen presents them as a triptych, like condensed memories. It's still here today, for as long as it lasts.
Publication
Buy the publication DRWNG PHTGRPH RCHV at the museum shop or our webshop.
